Improvement in wooden washers for carriages



-T. M HART.

Carriage Washer. No. 84.488. Patent'd Dec. 1, 1868.

flmszz tar THOMAS M. HART, OF NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 84,488, dated December 1, 1868 (ln tellatell November 14, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WOODEN WASHERS FOR CARRIAG-IES.

To ell-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. HART, of New Bedford, in the county of Bristol, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and improved 'ooden YVasher for Carriage-Arles, and for other purposes; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention consists in making wooden washers of two. or more thicknesses of board, fastened together by glue or any adhesive compound, in such manner that the grain of each shall be at right angles to the other, to prevent splitting.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention.

Figure 2'is a perspective View, with a part of front side removed.

Fig. l. A is the face of the washer; B, the back.

Fig. 2. A is the face of the washer; 13 the back.

I11 this invention, I do not claim any device previously invented or patent-ed for washers; but

I What I claim as niyinvention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A woodenwasher, made of two or more thicknesses of board, fastened together by glue or any adhesive compound, in such manner that the grain of one shall cross the grain of the other, to prevent splitting, as herein specified.

THOMAS M. HART.

Witnesses:

TH. E. M. WHITE, JNO. DAVIS. 

